Gulf 2010 Publications

Peer-reviewed Deepwater Horizon oil spill research published by participating scientists. This list is subject to change and updated as information becomes available.


Bahreini, R., A.M. Middlebrook, C.A. Brock, J.A. de Gouw, S.A. McKeen, L.R. Williams, K.E. Daumit, A.T. Lambe, P. Massoli, M.R. Canagaratna, R. Ahmadov, A.J. Carrasquillo, E.S. Cross, B. Ervens, J.S. Holloway, J.F. Hunter, T.B. Onasch, I.B. Pollack, J.M. Roberts, T.B. Ryerson, C. Warneke, P. Davidovits, D.R. Worsnop, and J.H. Kroll, Mass Spectral Analysis of Organic Aerosol Formed Downwind of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Field Studies and Laboratory Confirmations, Environmental Science & Technology, 46(15), doi:10.1021/es301691k, 2012.

Brock, C.A., D.M. Murphy, R. Bahreini, and A.M. Middlebrook, Formation and growth of organic aerosols downwind of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Geophysical Research Letters, 38(L17805), doi:10.1029/2011GL048541, 2011.

de Gouw, J. A., Middlebrook, A. M., Warneke, C., Ahmadov, R., Atlas, E. L., Bahreini, R., Blake, D. R., Brock, C. A., Brioude, J., Fahey, D. W., Fehsenfeld, F. C., Holloway, J. S., Le Henaff, M., Lueb, R. A., McKeen, S. A., Meagher, J. F., Murphy, D. M., Paris, C., Parrish, D. D., Perring, A. E., Pollack, I. B., Ravishankara, A. R., Robinson, A. L., Ryerson, T. B., Schwarz, J. P., Spackman, J. R., Srinivasan, A., Watts, L. A. : Organic Aerosol Formation Downwind from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Science 11 March 2011: 331 (6022), 1295-1299, doi:10.1126/science.1200320, 2011.

McNutt, M.K., R. Camilli, T.J. Crone, G.D. Guthrie, P.A. Hsieh, T.B. Ryerson, Omer Savasf, and F. Shaffer, Review of flow rate estimates of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, online, doi:10.1073/pnas.1112139108, 2011.

Middlebrook, A.M., D.M. Murphy, R. Ahmadov, E.L. Atlas, R. Bahreini, D.R. Blake, J. Brioude, J.A. de Gouw, F.C. Fehsenfeld, G.J. Frost, J.S. Holloway, D.A. Lack, J.M. Langridge, R.A. Lueb, S.A. McKeen, J.F. Meagher, S. Meinardi, J.A. Neuman, J.B. Nowak, D.D. Parrish, J. Peischl, A.E. Perring, I.B. Pollack, J.M. Roberts, T.B. Ryerson, J.P. Schwarz, J.R. Spackman, C. Warneke, and A.R. Ravishankara, Air quality implications of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, online, doi:10.1073/pnas.1110052108, 2011.

Neuman, J.A., K.C. Aikin, E.L. Atlas, D.R. Blake, J.S. Holloway, S. Meinardi, J.B. Nowak, D.D. Parrish, J. Peischl, A.E. Perring, I.B. Pollack, J.M. Roberts, T.B. Ryerson, and M. Trainer, Ozone and alkyl nitrate formation from the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill atmospheric emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D09305, doi:10.1029/2011JD017150, 2012

Perring, A.E., J.P. Schwarz, J.R. Spackman, R. Bahreini, J.A. de Gouw, R.S. Gao, J.S. Holloway, D.A. Lack, J.M. Langridge, J. Peischl, A. Middlebrook, T.B. Ryerson, C. Warneke, L.A. Watts, and D.W. Fahey, Characteristics of black carbon aerosol from a surface oil burn during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Geophysical Research Letters, 38(L17809), doi:10.1029/2011GL048356, 2011.

Ryerson, T.B., R. Camilli, J. D. Kessler, E. B. Kujawinski, C. M. Reddy, D. L. Valentine, E. Atlas, D. R. Blake, J. de Gouw, S. Meinardi, D. D. Parrish, J. Peischl, J. S. Seewald, and C. Warneke, Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rate and environmental distribution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, online, doi:10.1073/pnas.11105641092012

Ryerson, T.B., K.C. Aikin, W.M. Angevine, E.L. Atlas, D.R. Blake, C.A. Brock, F.C. Fehsenfeld, R.-S. Gao, J.A. de Gouw, D.W. Fahey, J.S. Holloway, D.A. Lack, R.A. Lueb, S. Meinardi, A.M. Middlebrook, D.M. Murphy, J. A. Neuman, J.B. Nowak, D.D. Parrish, J. Peischl, A.E. Perring, I.B. Pollack, A.R. Ravishankara, J.M. Roberts, J.P. Schwarz, J.R. Spackman, H. Stark, C. Warneke, and L.A. Watt, 2010: Atmospheric emissions from the Deepwater Horizon spill constrain air-water partitioning, hydrocarbon fate, and leak rate, Geophys. Res. Lett 38, L07803, 6 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2011GL046726

AGU press release, 14 March 2011: Flow rates, fates of Gulf spill contaminants assessed from the air